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<p>[QUOTE="Kja198, post: 7884385, member: 108933"]Hey everyone, Ive been collecting coins my whole life, yet I still cannot identify real doubling for the life of me. I can tell when its obvious machine doubling, but I can never %100 tell when its actual doubling. Ive been trying to find some physical examples to get a better understanding.</p><p>So, I had several rolls of uncirculated 1968 s penny's I managed to score from a bank, and decided to look through them up close. I pulled out a couple that fit my idea of what a true double would look like, and will post them here. (I realize that they very well might not be real doubles). I was curious if yall see any real doubling in any of the pics? (multiple pics of 2 or 3 different coins)</p><p>I try to look for the split serifs like it says on line, but I could be misinterpreting what it means by that?</p><p>Anyway id greatly appreciate yalls opinion on whether or not any of these display real doubling, I'm trying to gauge if Im at least on the right track identifying them. </p><p>Thanks in advance for any advice!</p><p>- Kasey[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kja198, post: 7884385, member: 108933"]Hey everyone, Ive been collecting coins my whole life, yet I still cannot identify real doubling for the life of me. I can tell when its obvious machine doubling, but I can never %100 tell when its actual doubling. Ive been trying to find some physical examples to get a better understanding. So, I had several rolls of uncirculated 1968 s penny's I managed to score from a bank, and decided to look through them up close. I pulled out a couple that fit my idea of what a true double would look like, and will post them here. (I realize that they very well might not be real doubles). I was curious if yall see any real doubling in any of the pics? (multiple pics of 2 or 3 different coins) I try to look for the split serifs like it says on line, but I could be misinterpreting what it means by that? Anyway id greatly appreciate yalls opinion on whether or not any of these display real doubling, I'm trying to gauge if Im at least on the right track identifying them. Thanks in advance for any advice! - Kasey[/QUOTE]
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